Borrowers are facing a dizzying maze of student loan forgiveness, repayment, and relief initiatives to navigate as payments resume. Here are the latest updates.
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The Biden administration released an outline of next steps and a partial projected timeline for the new student loan forgiveness plan.
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Millions of federal student loan borrowers hit a critical milestone today, as student loan interest resumes for the first time in over three years.
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that it had approved $72 million in new student loan forgiveness for borrowers who were defrauded by their school.
Advocacy groups and elected officials are urging the Biden administration to move forward and quickly implement new student loan forgiveness. Here’s the latest.
The new initiative has a number of features including lower payments and accelerated student loan forgiveness for certain borrowers. But it has other benefits, too.
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As the student loan pause ends in a matter of days, borrowers are facing a number of critical deadlines. There may be only a short window to act.
The Biden administration formally launched a new income-driven repayment plan yesterday, as student loan payments are set to resume later this summer.
The Biden administration is implementing a sweeping student loan forgiveness initiative, even while challengers appeal to block the relief.
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This week, over 800,000 borrowers are receiving student loan forgiveness under a temporary Biden program. But there’s still time to qualify before it ends.
What the latest student loan forgiveness court victory means for borrowers, and what to expect in the coming months.
A federal court dismissed a legal challenge to one of President Biden’s key federal student loan forgiveness plans. Over 800,000 borrowers are set to receive relief.
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This is a critical week for hundreds of thousands of borrowers, as the Education Department is set to begin implementing nearly $40 billion in student loan forgiveness.
With student loan payments resuming in just weeks, borrowers are facing major decisions about repayment plans.
With student loan payments resuming in weeks, borrowers are already encountering significant problems. This does not bode well.
Millions of borrowers are barreling toward the end of the student loan pause. Officials are encouraging borrowers to take steps now to lower their student loan payments.
Student loan payments resume in a matter of weeks. And borrowers are contending with a slew of overlapping repayment and forgiveness deadlines to monitor.
A federal appeals court has halted new regulations designed to make it easier for borrowers defrauded by their school to receive student loan forgiveness.
A new legal challenge may threaten one of the Biden administration’s signature student loan forgiveness initiatives.
This week, the department added yet another deadline for borrowers as student loan payments resume. Critical dates are beginning to stack up, leading to confusion.
New regulations that went into effect last month transform several student loan forgiveness programs, expanding access and simplifying the application process.
As student loan payments resume in just a few weeks, Congressional Democrats introduced a bill that would eliminate student loan interest.
More borrowers will qualify for student loan forgiveness soon. And the Education Department just provided updates on when the next batch of borrowers will be notified.
As student loan payments are set to resume in the coming weeks, the Education Department has launched a new application for a more affordable repayment plan.
The Biden administration is forging ahead with a number of student loan forgiveness initiatives designed to blunt the impact of student loan payments resuming.
The Biden administration announced $130 million in new student loan forgiveness, following an additional $39 billion in student debt relief unveiled earlier this month.
The Biden administration has released sweeping new guidance on updated rules for a critical student loan forgiveness program.
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